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Celerity

Celerity

Requires Monk
Requires level 15

Reduces the cooldown of Roll and Chi Torpedo by 5 sec and increases their maximum number of charges by 1.

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell

	Roll

Affected Spells:

	Roll

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell

	Chi Torpedo

Affected Spells:

	Chi Torpedo

Effect #3

Dummy
Value: 1
Server-side script

Effect #4

Dummy
Value: 5
Server-side script

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Passive spell
Cast time is hidden

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Comments

Comment by catmicrowaver

A normal Roll moves you forward at 275% run speed, selecting Celerity bumps it up to 425%. There is maybe a 50% increase in the distance traveled.

Comment by tranceman

Essentially grants 3 rolls, and a 15 second timer on their recharge instead of 20.

Comment by fmccloud

Sell-air-it-tee

For those, like me, who keep thinking it say celery.

Comment by Beace

I was curious which of the first tier movement talents provide the highest travel time decrease, without giving any thought to low levels, questing, or mounts. For example if you want to get from point A to point B in an old instance or similar. I picked a route (Orgrimmar entrance to Valley of Trials tunnel entrance, following the main road) and timed my runs with the three choices. Roll and Flying Serpent Kick was used on cooldown, except in the case of Momentum where I always saved up to ensure 20 seconds of 25/50% speed buff.

Just for reference, my base movement speed is 119% (Stance of the Fierce Tiger & boots enchant).

Momentum: 233s
Celerity: 250s
Tiger's Lust: 240s

As I expected, Momentum is king when it comes to long distance travelling. I am however very surprised that Tiger's Lust was so close, and even beat out Celerity. Tiger's Lust does require an extra ability on your bars though, which may or may not be an issue.

TLDR: If you want to move long distances in areas where you can't mount, go with Momentum.

Comment by swiggymcswag

This comment is only regarding T1 talents when using Chi Torpedo, not Roll

Just because I haven't found any post regarding T1 talent choice + Chi Torpedo threads or comments, I thought I'd post this here.

Chi Torpedo increases movespeed by 200% for 1 second, and has 2 charges with a 20 second recharge time
Celerity increases charges to 3 and reduces recharge time to 15
Tiger's Lust increases movespeed by 70% for 6 seconds with a 30 second cooldown
Momentum (if used perfectly) increases movespeed by 25% for 10 seconds, then 50% for 10 seconds every 20 seconds. (only provides optimal speed boost when used twice in a row, can only use roll twice in 10 second intervals every 20 seconds)

Chi Torpedo with Celerity= 200% speed boost for 1 second every 5, which is 20% of the time
((1 second/5)*100)%
= 40% speed boost passive ((20% * 200%)*100)

Chi Torpedo without Celerity = 200% speed boost for 1 second every 10 seconds or 10% of the time ((1 second/20)*100)%
= 20% speed boost passive

Tiger's Lust = 70% speed boost for 6 seconds every 30 or 20% of the time ((6 seconds/30)*100)%.
= 14% speed boost passive (20% * 70)

Tiger's Lust + Chi Torpedo (can still chi torpedo with other talents) = 14% boost + 20% boost = 34% boost

Momentum (if used perfectly) = 25% speed boost for 10 seconds and 50% boost for 10 seconds every 20 seconds.

average boost in the 20 second burst = (25%+50%)/2
= 37.5% for 20 seconds every 40 seconds
= 18.75% speed boost ((20 seconds/40)*100)%

Momentum + Chi Torpedo = 18.75% boost + 20% boost = 38.75% boost

Comparison:

Discounting the 20% passive boost from Chi Torpedo, the speed boosts of the T1 talents in descending order are;

Celerity, which is a 20% passive speed boost
Momentum, which is a 18.75% passive speed boost
Tiger's Lust, which is a 14% passive speed boost

However take into account that this implies you keep momentum for exactly 20 seconds (which, if possible is extremely difficult) and that you consistently use chi torpedo or tiger's lust on cooldown.

Also take into account the fact that Tiger's Lust is the only of the 3 talents that clears snares and roots (unless you have PvP gloves, giving you Restless Pursuit which also clears snares and roots) and the fact that Tiger's Lust can also be cast on allies. On top of this, remember that chi torpedo WILL break CC on enemies such as polymorph, sap, etc., thus you may be less willing to torpedo often. Celerity should also be taken into account for PvE players, as it allows you to heal or dps with Chi Torpedo more often. Chi Torpedo is also increased to a 330% speed boost with Stance of the Fierce Tiger

Finally, remember to account for Glyph of Rapid Rolling, which increases the Chi Torpedo time by 30% if used within 5 seconds of the last (non-stacking). Thus making Celerity an even better choice if you tend to use Chi Torpedo in short succession.

Overall:

Celerity is the best T1 talent when using Chi Torpedo, increases dps/healing output and has the largest speed output when used with Chi Torpedo.

Tiger's lust clears roots, which is useless in comparison if you have the PvP glove bonus, Restless Pursuit, which allows Chi Torpedo to have the same effect.

Momentum is crap

TL;DR

WHEN USING Chi Torpedo CELERITY IS THE BEST, IF YOU USE MOMENTUM AND CHI, YOU'RE PROBABLY A Huge Brown Sack.

Also Celerity/Chi Torpedo easily makes Glyph of Spirit Roll the best glyph you ever bought.

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